I got a chance to go hear Erwin McManus in Tempe yesterday. I have been reading Erwin’s book, listening to his podcasts, and interacting with members of his staff at Mosaic for a while now. This setting was some sort of business seminar for entrepenuers on wealth making and related things. The first guy [...]
Archive for May, 2009
thoughts on leadership and imagination
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the world, I can feel the Spirit whisper to me, “You tell me why we allow this to happen. You are my body, my hands, my feet.” –Shane Claiborne (www.thesimpleway.com)
“The (Good Samaritan) story does not teach that [...]
Star Trek is the kind of movie we need
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(this review may contain spoilers – read at your own risk)
Funny, isn’t it? That a movie that reignites a science-fiction phenomenon from the era of Jimi Hendrix and Berkley’s bra burnings could be exactly what our nation needs in this moment from a movie.
Star Trek is a move about hope amidst a time [...]
community and relationships – part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He who loves his dream of community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter…If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even when there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the [...]
community and relationships
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The irony of masks is that although we wear them to make other people think well of us, they are drawn to us only when we take them off…You can only be loved to the extent that you are known. You can be completely loved if you are completely known.” -John Ortberg, Everybody’s Normal ‘Til [...]
Ecclesiastes 3 – kinda got stuck here for a bit
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is the chapter with which I am the most familiar walking into this series. However, finals season in school and my car accident this week have put this series back several places in terms of importance for me.
Also, this chapter is very difficult for me to wrestle through right now. I feel like I [...]
A car accident and my life’s purpose
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2009 | 9 Comments »
For those of you who did not follow yesterday’s events via Twitter and Facebook, I had quite an evening. I was driving home from North Phoenix Baptist Church after completing my work day and lifting in the gym. I turned on to Central to complete my 4 minute drive home. I looked down to put [...]
The tension – Ecclesiastes 2
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Day Two of this journey has me musing on two more sections from Ecclesiastes. Today I am tackling Chapter Two, verses 3 and verses 24-26.
First, Ecclesiastes 2:3 says, “I wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.” This question about meaning is one that [...]
Chapter 1 – Meaning, Knowledge and Responsibility
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today, I will be exploring two sections from Chapter 1 of Ecclesiastes. I will follow a similar format each day. I will pick 2 or 3 sections that connect with me. I will share my commentary through my life and then invite you to comment or share about sections that resonate with you.
2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” [...]
the messiness of life – a new blog series
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, I have been struggling to post regularly on the blog. Maybe its the fact that I have six seminary classes going while doing summer prep at church. Maybe its because I am just days from graduation, so motivation is an issue in all of my life. But I am looking for habits that will [...]
